On his way home from a coffee shop in San Antonio last summer, a 29-year-old man was thrown from his motorcycle when a car suddenly turned in front of him. Suffering a severe brain injury, this man has since lost his job, his benefits, and almost his entire savings account to medical costs. His long-term disability barely covers three weeks of therapy.
Soon after the accident, the young man’s family moved him into a nursing home in Austin. He must be helped every day to get out of bed, get dressed, and even wash his face. The family has been taking him to rehab three days a week, at a cost of $300 to $450 a day.
In an effort to secure a long-term recovery plan for their son, the parents have placed him on a waiting list with the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services. Texas is one of the few states in the nation that offers funding for inpatient therapy after private insurance companies have stopped providing assistance. However, due to budget cuts in 2010, this program lost $6.2 million that could have helped brain injury patients. Now the department that runs Comprehensive Rehabilitations Services for brain and spinal cord injury has to put potential patients on a waiting list.
Brain injuries are life-altering events. Recovery is a long, arduous process with no guarantee that the patient will ever be able to return to the standard of life and health they were at before. And more often than not, these patients are left without a voice of their own to seek help and justice.
If you or a loved one has suffered a brain injury in Texas as a result of someone else’s negligence or wrongdoing, you should not have to endure this crisis without help. Please contact the experienced brain injury attorneys at Bush Lewis, PLLC today for a free initial consultation.
